Anyone know dive/surface times of torpedoes?

Incubus · 11-21-06, 12:49 PM

Dive times are listed for each submarine type. However, I haven't seen ANY data on how quickly torpedoes reach their preset depth. I am very curious about this, because of certain factors in-game.

You can fire as deep as ~25m underwater (this is also the deepest you can set your torpedoes). Normally this is kind of pointless since you generally can't see what you are firing at. But I thought of a few options:

-If you get REALLY good at plotting firing solutions, you could hit a target solely using the hydrophone and sonar. When the weather is awful you could hit targets from considerable distances.

-Firing from 25m, you could launch a spread of FaT torpedoes at a convoy, hoping to hit a few ships. As before, if visibility is poor this is probably the best option. Your depth (and distance, possibly) would give you that much more time to evade escorts.

AVGWarhawk · 11-21-06, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Incubus

Dive times are listed for each submarine type. However, I haven't seen ANY data on how quickly torpedoes reach their preset depth. I am very curious about this, because of certain factors in-game.

You can fire as deep as ~25m underwater (this is also the deepest you can set your torpedoes). Normally this is kind of pointless since you generally can't see what you are firing at. But I thought of a few options:

-If you get REALLY good at plotting firing solutions, you could hit a target solely using the hydrophone and sonar. When the weather is awful you could hit targets from considerable distances.

-Firing from 25m, you could launch a spread of FaT torpedoes at a convoy, hoping to hit a few ships. As before, if visibility is poor this is probably the best option. Your depth (and distance, possibly) would give you that much more time to evade escorts.

I think at 25m you should use acoustic torpedoes being you cannot see the target, You just need to shoot towards the noisey props. What sub are you using to send out torps at 25m? Normally I get the too deep message.

Incubus · 11-21-06, 04:56 PM

Acoustics would work great. 25 meters is the max depth of all torpedoes, regardless of U-boat model. I think ladder-pattern torpedoes would also work well, firing them at an incoming convoy in bad weather so that you don't have to get quite so close to the ships just to get a visual.

11-21-06, 12:49 PM	#1
Incubus Planesman Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 195 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Anyone know dive/surface times of torpedoes? Dive times are listed for each submarine type. However, I haven't seen ANY data on how quickly torpedoes reach their preset depth. I am very curious about this, because of certain factors in-game. You can fire as deep as ~25m underwater (this is also the deepest you can set your torpedoes). Normally this is kind of pointless since you generally can't see what you are firing at. But I thought of a few options: -If you get REALLY good at plotting firing solutions, you could hit a target solely using the hydrophone and sonar. When the weather is awful you could hit targets from considerable distances. -Firing from 25m, you could launch a spread of FaT torpedoes at a convoy, hoping to hit a few ships. As before, if visibility is poor this is probably the best option. Your depth (and distance, possibly) would give you that much more time to evade escorts.

11-21-06, 04:56 PM	#3
Incubus Planesman Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 195 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Acoustics would work great. 25 meters is the max depth of all torpedoes, regardless of U-boat model. I think ladder-pattern torpedoes would also work well, firing them at an incoming convoy in bad weather so that you don't have to get quite so close to the ships just to get a visual.